Why do we have the blind spot?

[shkrobius]

The "blind spot" (anatomical optic disk) is often given as the example of "nonintelligent" design. The contention is that having a region where the optic nerve and the blood vessels enter the retina creates a "hole" in the visual field that is only partially compensated by having two eyes and advanced neural processing. The greater claim is that

Comments

[city_of_sorrow]

very interesting, thank you!

[tolko_ne]

Excellent! Thank you.